A Bite of China

Name: A Bite of China
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2012-05-14
Rating: 8.4
Cast: Li Lihong

RETURNING4 Seasons30 Episodes★ 8.4

A Bite of China is a documentary series on CCTV-1 that premiered in 2012, with 4 seasons and 30 episodes to date. Its most recent episode aired on Feb 9, 2025, and no new episodes have been announced.

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NetworkCCTV-1

First AiredMay 14, 2012

Last AiredFeb 9, 2025

GenreDocumentary

Runtime49 min

Created ByLi Lihong, Chen Xiaoqing

Original Title舌尖上的中国

LanguageChinese

CountryChina

ProductionCCTV

This series explores the history, traditions and culture of Chinese food. Filmed at over 160 locations across China, this series truly is a feast for the senses. The seven-episode documentary series introduces the history and story behind foods of various kinds in more than 160 locations in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The documentary has also been actively encouraged as a means of introducing Chinese food culture to those unfamiliar with local cuisine.

LAST AIRED

A Bite of China last aired on Feb 9, 2025. No new episodes have been announced. Track this show to get an alert if it returns.

Cast

Li Lihong

幕后解说员

Seasons & Episodes4 seasons · 30 episodes

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E1Unique Skill

Feb 3, 202549m

E2Fireworks

Feb 4, 202549m

The life of Chinese people is centered on the vegetable market. It is the entrance to a local customs, always bustling and hot. It is also a lively circle of friends, content with trivial matters and family affairs. In the alleys and open-air sheds, everyone is a poet of ordinary life, picking ingredients and cooking fireworks. The days are warm and cozy between the chopping board and the stove. There is a road in the market, and there is true love between fireworks. People cannot live without the vegetable market.

E3Revitalize

Feb 5, 202549m

Our taste inspiration often appears in some hidden places. The new knowledge gained from storage is passed down from generation to generation, forming food customs and sculpting the Chinese food civilization. Little do we know that behind the experience is a dialogue with time and a bond with microorganisms, which trains us to have a pair of eyes that can penetrate changes. Open the channel between the microscopic world and taste aesthetics, and let us embark on a journey to explore the mystery of natural transformation.

E4Heaven Made

Feb 6, 202549m

Chinese pastoral stories often happen when people and nature meet on a narrow road. Can they always survive? In the mountains, on the alkali beach, on the sea, in the forest, people transcend limitations and build for generations. Those unique products and unique eating styles light up the food map of the Chinese people and bring unlimited space for survival.

E5Scenery

Feb 7, 202549m

The county town carries the homesickness of half of the Chinese people. It may be simple and unpretentious, or it may be fashionable and avant-garde; it may be little known, or it may be famous all over the world. Although some people jokingly call it a "small place", in the hearts of countless wanderers, this city is extremely grand and an irreplaceable hometown. The extraordinary origin of ordinary food, the rural China hidden on the tip of the tongue.

E6Different Worlds

Feb 8, 202549m

Chinese kitchens are often "a different world": drifting on the vast ocean, shuttling between the vast forests; there are ancient fire pits that use the sky and the earth as furnaces, and there are super kitchens with steel gears. From severe cold to scorching heat, from micro to macro, Lahu chicken, fish ball soup, braised eel, water chestnut roasted meat, sponge cake, dragon boat cubes, milk tofu and nearly dozens of other Chinese delicacies have appeared in turn, not only exploring traditional characteristics, but also paying attention to the new tastes born under technological changes.

E7Chinese Style

Feb 9, 202549m

If the world really has a clear food map, then there must be no clear national boundaries. Overseas Chinese restaurants are visited by people from all over the world, speaking the same dialect as their hometown. The rice and salt contain memories, and the noodles and soup contain emotions. Chinese restaurants scattered all over the world are an extension of the hometown and a meeting point of the world. The combination of Chinese and Western cuisines blends the taste of the tongue, and the pace of Chinese cuisine has never stopped.

About A Bite of China

A Bite of China is a documentary series on CCTV-1. The show first aired on May 14, 2012 and currently has 4 seasons and 30 episodes. A Bite of China has not aired a new episode since Feb 9, 2025, and neither a renewal nor a cancellation has been announced. It has a rating of 8.4/10 based on 29 votes. The cast includes Li Lihong. Created by Li Lihong and Chen Xiaoqing.